SBS-1 no aircraft displayed.

[steveplanecrazy]

Sorry for late reply, dealing with work problems down-under. Single blue LED on, no difference with or without aerial, LED does look to be flickering light/dark.

[paulm]

That sounds to me like a failure within the SBS, I suggest a call to Chris Taylor on 020 8953 3861 he may be able to advise.

Good Luck

Paul

[steveplanecrazy]

I did think it would be my poor old black box finally giving up the ghost. I have a puck being delivered this week, can I plug and play with 1.2.3.179 software version or will I need to install later version?
I will be home later in the week and will try the SBS on my old laptop and see if it works, if no, I will give Chris Taylor a call.
I need something working as due to travel to HKG next week and take a vessel up to Japan calling in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

[paulm]

Not sure, I would have thought it should be ok
I have a puck and am using version 183
184 is the latest available, you should only need the executable anyway so just back up 179 before copying over the latest 184 executable.
I just copied over the 183 executable when I upgraded from 175 with no problems.

Paul

[Anmer]

Sorry I've been away for a very long weekend in London.

Have you tried running SBS1LinkTester.exe which you'll find in the BaseStation folder?

[steveplanecrazy]

Link test successfully completed, toggle debug carried out, can't see anything that stands out as a problem.

[mhm]

Is the antenna connection on the back of the box loose

[Anmer]

Do you have access to another antenna?  And as mhm has asked, is the antenna connection loose?

[steveplanecrazy]

The BNC connection broke off years ago (bad weather Japan Sea) and the terminal were just connected by soldered wire, its worked like that for about 3-4 years. It's possible internally something has broken but can't check until I get home on Wednesday.

[steveplanecrazy]

Thanks to all who inputted, I got home to find new 1090 Puck waiting. Plugged it in using SBS1 software and away we go. Great coverage even just sitting in the house. Therefore we have to assume there is a problem with my old SBS, most probably something to do with aerial connection internally.

[G4UMW]

Be careful mentioning ships on this forum!! 

Rob (former Sparks)

[steveplanecrazy]

30 years at sea, now a superintendent. SBS has been a godsend for the hobby, the days of watching lines of aircraft arriving and departing in places like NY, HKG, etc just beyond binocular range has now gone.

[G4UMW]

I swallowed the anchor just before I was replaced by GMDSS. Spent the rest of my career in aviation, with over 20 years involvement in flight simulator engineering. Now enjoying retirement and more time to watch aeroplanes.

[birdie]

I swallowed the anchor just before I was replaced by GMDSS. Spent the rest of my career in aviation, with over 20 years involvement in flight simulator engineering. Now enjoying retirement and more time to watch aeroplanes.

Which flight simulator you involved in ?

Delta wings or long wings type ?